I've started building super-heavies to add to my forces for Apoc. I was walking through a department store the other day, and my son pointed at a toy collection that was at his eye-level. I looked at the age recommendation on the box before seeing anything else, and noticed that it was well above his age (when they are this little you should be careful with what you let them play with). I then saw what it was... a full military playset, complete with helicopter, tank, humvee, and a couple action figures with weapons, all for 15 bucks. I let him get it, with the agreement that Daddy would get all the toys with pieces that he could choke on (he's only two, so that part was not difficult). He got the action figures, the humvee, and the gatehouse, everything else went into my loft. (Insert evil cackle.)
Yes, I am as big a kid as my son is, but the conversion ideas were already in my head. Today I turned the helicopter into a Valkyrie, and the tank is a Superheavy tank now, thanks to the careful addition of some weapon bits from my bitzbox.
Here are the results of the tank conversion (forgive the crummy pictures, I was late for a Christmas party when I took them):
Please note the armament: A main cannon (vanquisher or battlecannon, I can't decide), a co-axial autocannon, a hull-mounted plasma cannon, and a missile launcher.
This is the rear access point I made for the vehicle. I wanted the vehicle to be able to transport the CCS if need be, so I left the rear platform intact to give it additional deployment space when the models disembark.
I used the VDR rules (from WD's Chapter Approved 2004) to create a vehicle that is comparable in cost to that of a Baneblade. Its stats look something like this:
BS-3, AV F-14 S-14 R-12, Structure Points-3, Transport Capacity-10.
It has a lot of blast templates, which will be useful in throwing down against any horde armies. It also has a lot of low AP, good against MEQ. Lastly, I am thinking of making the main cannon a Vanquisher-type, so that it has a decent anti-vehicular weapon to use against other super-heavies. Alternatively, I could make it a Destroyer weapon, but that would significantly increase the tanks cost.
I need your help! What should I do for the main cannon of this tank?
